Forcasting of relationship between university extension and social participation in social and solidarity economy: the case of the Rural Territory Collegiate of Ilha Grande Bay (RJ)

Abstract

The relationship between social and solidarity economy (SSE) and social management (SM) in the case of the Rural Territorial Collegiate of Ilha Grande Bay/RJ (IGB Collegiate) covers teaching, research, and extension activities. The research question is “What is the influence of SM in breaking the cycles of “insertion and dismantling” of public policies of SSE?”. The objective is to analyze the scalability of the SSE in the context of the IGB Collegiate, with intermediate objectives: to establish references to think about the theoretical categories of the SM and to qualify a field of relations between SSE and SM. The hypothesis is the possibility of building a pact for water sustainability, with a counterpart in payments for environmental services (PES), configuring social currency. The theoretical-methodological axis discusses the theoretical categories of SM, the field of power and relational analysis. The methodology used participatory field research with prospective tools. The procedures consist of a retrospective of the legal framework of environmental policies and the influence of social movements on Territorial Development policies. The analysis of the results includes four sessions: Key variables of collegiate management at IGB since the dismantling of the policies of the Ministry of Agrarian Development (2000-2016); Relations between traditional communities and university extension organizations; Scenarios of the pact for the sustainability of the territory with reference to the SDGs and verification in practice of the categories of SM. The answer to the research question is configured in the paradigm of SM in PES.

Keywords: Social and solidarity economy; Social management; Social participation; University extension